Hoppin' John

noun

A dish of rice and beans in the Southern United States, based on traditional West African dishes.

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nounHoppin' John (uncountable)
  1. uncountableNorth Carolina; South Carolina; North Carolina; South CarolinaA dish of rice and beans in the Southern United States, based on traditional West African dishes.

    Thus, Hoppin' John is the South Carolina cousin to New Orleans's red beans and rice, Jamaica's peas and rice, Puerto Rico's arroz con gandules, and Cuba's moros y cristianos.

    2013, Adrian Miller, Soul Food, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 118
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    A popular black-eyed pea dish mentioned in the narratives was Hoppin' John, a common and popular dish among slaves, especially east of the Mississippi (Taylor 1982). The one-pot meal of Hoppin' John is of African origin (Singleton 1991; Thurman 2000; Zanger 2003).

    2009, Herbert C. Covey, Dwight Eisnach, What the Slaves Ate, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 84
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